SPONSOR A DOG OR A CAT

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I
had lived for a while in the shelter in Ban Taling Ngam. I ate a lot, drank
a lot of water and ran around with the other dogs. One day, Petera came, a
new volunteer helper - with a camera and an assignment. Every dog in the
shelter was isolated, identified and a picture was taken. We felt like
criminals at an identification parade. Then, it was found out that nobody
knew my name, where I had come from or how long I had been in the shelter!
But now I got a new name which I like very much!

Silke from Lüneburg in
Germany is looking after me now. Thank you very much!

LEONARDO (male)

I
had lived at the south end of Chaweng near a artists shop (therefore, my
name). The owner was happy with me and I was happy with him, except that he
wouldn't let me chase cars. Every time I ran on the street to get a bite of
a tire (the faster the car, the better) my friend grasped and turned pale.
Finally it was too much for him, because he got really scared that I could
be injured badly (until now I had been hit by a car three times already).
So I was brought to the shelter where the fastest thing to chase is the
wheelbarrow. But that is not as much fun as chasing cars!

I have very big luck because was chosen from Anna from the Animal
Protection Network in Sweden. (www.animalprotection.se). to fly to Sweden.
She saw me on the homepage und decide to take me to Sweden, so I could have
a better live. The organization paid the fly for me and now I live very
happy in Sweden. I love my new home very much!
The
sponsorship for me is a birthday present from Marianne from Dättlikon in
Switzerland to her friend Eveline.

Eveline
from the Switzerland looked after Leonardo as I was in the shelter. Thank you very much.

MANDY (female)

I
hung around in Nathon near the place where the fishermen bring their daily
catch. I liked it there because the sort out fish was thrown in my direction.
Yammi! But I got greedy and began to steal the fish that was to be sold on
the market. After a while the fisher boss was fed up and brought me to the
shelter. Mean guy! Now I get chicken instead of fish.

Great news:
I have found a home on Koh Samui:

While I was in the shelter Marion from
Murnau in Germany took care of me. Thank you very much!

PRITTI (female)

I had
lived in a house with an elderly woman and my cat friends Mai Tai, Moon,
Tinker, Loony, Billy and Noodles. We pleased our owner while sitting with
her and purring all day long. She loved us very much, but she got sick and
had to move to her son who lives in a far away country. Our owner wanted to
take us but her son didn't want that because he had four dogs already.
Therefore, we were brought to the shelter where we share our new home with a
lot of new cat friends now.

Angelica from Sweden is
looking after me now. Thank you very much!

MAI TAI (male)

I had
lived in a house with an elderly woman and my cat friends Pritti, Moon,
Tinker, Loony, Billy and Noodles. We pleased our owner while sitting with
her and purring all day long. She loved us very much, but she got sick and
had to move to her son who lives in a far away country. Our owner wanted to
take us but her son didn't want that because he had four dogs already.
Therefore, we were brought to the shelter where we share our new home with a
lot of new cat friends now.

SINCE I HAD ALWAYS
BEEN AN EXCELLENT CLIMBER I BROKE OUT OF THE OUTSIDE ENCLOSURE. I COME BACK
TO THE SHELTER ONCE IN A WHILE TO EAT SOME DRY FOOD. THAT I GOT TO KNOW IN
THE SHELTER AND I LIKE IT VERY MUCH.

These are my four sweeties!

MAIKI (female)

I was brought to
shelter by some nice "white people" because their neighbours had thrown me
out of the window. And I was only looking for a place where I could have my
babies. I couldn't walk right after that but after the rain comes sun - the
accident was good because I was brought to Brigitte's house. Two days later
I had my four kittens and another two days later another three kitten (same
age as my babies) were brought to me because they had been dumped. I
have seven kittens now and I love them all.

I am not looking for a
sponsor anymore because I preferred to run away after my castration. I do not
think that is gonna be a problem since I cannot have babies anymore.

I adopted the three other colors!

ALEXA (female)

I was one of 6 kittens from HERZILEIN (page
3). Unfortunately our mom ran away and all my brothers and sisters died. We
were fed by Brigitte and Werner ever three hours but only I was strong
enough. Besides that MAEO (page 17) took care of all of us. When MAMEAU (page
14) arrived she had three kitten and I got fresh milk again. I have
recovered and as you can see on the picture I am very pretty. Maybe
Hollywood will call?

After a while I
found it too boring at the shelter and ran away.

While I was staying at the
DRCS Anke from Germany was
looking after me. Thank you very much!

BROWNY (male)

I was living unrecognized in kennel no. 8. Being a brown dog, you get away
with that for a while. But not forever. One day the helpers came with
injection needles and flea powder into the kennel. Everybody was given an
injection and flea powder was rubbed on us. It was a nice game. We ran back
and forth and around and played cat and mouse with them. Well, the game
ended at one point, and I was the only one who was not white with powder. I
then realized that the helpers did not randomly seize us but that everybody
had a card with his information on it - but me. The helpers were very
detailed that time and picked me up. But I did not get a massage with white
powder. Instead I was put into a single cage - like a criminal! Well, to
make a long story short, I was castrated the next day and I am back in “my”
kennel.

Josie and Nicole from Germany are now looking
after me. Thank you very much!

ROMY (female)

I was found by some
tourists as I roamed around the mountains on Samui. I had been abandoned by
my owner and I was starving and very thirsty. The tourists brought me to the
shelter where I was put on a drip because of my dehydration. I got much
better very quickly and, several months later, I am now happily living in
one of the compounds with my new doggy chums. I don't have to worry any more
about getting food and water as there is always food and water here.

Britta from Germany is now looking after me. Thank you very much!

TRUDY (female)

I left the shelter after about six months with a
really nice couple. I believe they are now my new family. They seem really
nice and so far they´ve given me a lot of love.Carmen from Lichtenstein is now looking after me.
Thank you very much!

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SADIE (female)

My story is just like any others: My owner dropped
me off at the shelter for spaying and promised me to pick me up again after
1week. Unfortunately it never happened and I've never seen him again. The
helpers followed the contact details on my registration card and found out
that the address doesn't even exist. Has my owner planned it all from the
very beginning? I am very sad to be left behind but my life will go on at
the shelter. I feel more and more comfortable with all these big dogs around
me and I am usually the first one at the gate whenever we get visitors.
..... It might be my good old owner..?

After a while at the shelter Sadie decided to take her
life in her own paws again and run away.

Mandy and Daniel from Erfurt in
Germany are now looking after me. Thank you very much!

SCARLETT (female)

I was brought to the shelter because I was almost
naked.
Of course, I was to be castrated as well. However, since I wasn't
very
strong they waited with the operation. After I had spent a lot of
time in a
singlebox and my fur had grown back, nobody could find my admittance
card.
No one could remember where I had lived on Koh Samui before. As I
had waited
in a singlebox for so long (and I wasn't a criminal) they had to
find a solution. The solution was easy. They opened the door of the
singlebox and I
jumped outside. Now I live in compound no. 10 with many other dogs.
It is the
most beautiful compound and I hope that the helpers won't remember
where I
come from. I won't tell them. You can be sure about that. The food
is very
good and there are many pals to play with. What do I want
more?!

My owner showed up at the DRCS totally unexpected and
took me back home.

During my time at the shelter, Werner from Heilbronn in Germany
was looking after
me. Thank you very much!

TRAVIS
(male)

After a bad fight with another dog (he attacked me
without warning from the back) animal friends who live on the island got me
to got DRCS. They promised me to come back again. Unfortunately they´ve
forgotten about me pretty fast and never returned. As no one knows where
exactly I´m from, they cant bring me back again. I´m more of a quiet dog, I
dont need to be in the spotlight all the time. The other dogs usually leave
me alone and if there´s a dog looking for a fight I simple walk away. I´m
actually a real softy and love to snuggle - I would love to find an owner
for myself. But you cant have everything, right. All in all I´m happy at the
shelter. There is always enough food and some of the other dogs aren't even
that bad.

Jutta from Germany (living in
Coccorino in Italy) is now looking after me. Thank you
very much!

DAM
(male)

I was brought to the DRCS by some
tourists since I was very skinny and they thought that I wouldn't survive.
The food from the trash bins I had to live off was not good quality and
there was never enough to get full. I stayed at Brigitte's and Werner's
house for many months. When I was strong and big enough I had to move to Ban
Taling Ngam. First, I didn't like it there at all. But now I live in a
beautiful compound with bananas and have many pals to play with. When people
come to visit I take care to be the first one to greet them. Maybe someday
someone will take me home!

Brigitte and Peter
aus Erkrath in
Germany are now looking after me. Thank you very much!

GRANADA (female)

I am one of the dogs that sneaked in to the DRCS. After
once more all the dogs were counted in compound no. 9, they found me. I was
a "blind passenger". There are two dogs in this compound that look very
similar to me. That's why I could run around there unseen. When the helpers
found out that I didn't have a green tattoo yet, a big discussion started.
At first, I couldn't understand why they made such a big fuss out of that
green tattoo. Now I know. All females that have such a tattoo don't need to
have babies anymore. Nevertheless, the tattoo seems to be an entrance ticket
to the shelter. I now have one as well. Nobody could find out how I got
there but I now have a card with picture. I am now a regular member of the
shelter an am looking for a sponsor who assures that my bowl is always
filled.

Catherine from Calgary in Canada is now looking after
me. Thank you very much!

Granada found a new home.

TRINITY
(female)

I have been living at the shelter for quite a while and
since there are many black dogs nobody realized that I had sneaked in. When
the helpers had to make a picture of one of the black dogs and all of them
were looked at, they realized that I didn't have an admittance card with
picture. All helpers were asked whether they knew something about me and
where I came from. One of them at least could remember that I had been here
for a while. They found out that I had jumped out of the single box after my
operation into one of the compounds. Why my admittance card was gone, nobody
could tell. Immediately, they made a picture of me and since I have a card
now, I am looking for a sponsor. A real owner would of course be nicer
because I am a very nice and lovely dog!

After some
time at the shelter I got bored and decided to take my life in my own paws
again and ran away.

While I was living at the shelter, Darren from Braintree
in England was looking after me. Thank
you very much.